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Backyard and Community Gardening in the Urban Philippines: A Case Study from Urdaneta City, Pangasinan

Matejowsky T.

Locale: The Australasian-Pacific Journal of Regional Food Studies

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This ethnographic case study examines Urdaneta City's backyard and community gardening program launched in 2009 to address food insecurity and household self-sufficiency in a provincial Philippine city. It analyzes the interplay between municipal government objectives and citizens' subsistence and economic needs.